Elizabeth Florence McKeown (1 June 1918 – 9 June 2008) was a Northern Irish pathologist who was Professor of Morbid Anatomy at Queen's University Belfast.
After returning to Queen's as an assistant in pathology, she was promoted to lecturer in 1947, before receiving a further promotion to reader in 1954.[1] Eventually, in 1967 she was granted a personal appointment as Professor of Morbid Anatomy, making her the university's "first woman to be appointed to a permanent academic position in medicine".[1][3] In 1952, she became a consultant pathologist at Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, where she had spent her residency, before eventually moving to the Belfast City Hospital.[1] Richard Froggatt noted that "she was one of only seven permanent woman appointments in the entire 1940s".[1]
McKeown died on 9 June 2008, eight days after his 90th birthday.[1] She remained unmarried throughout her life.[1] She is the aunt of art historian Simon McKeown.[1]
